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A. V. DCOSTA.

i CIGARETTE PAPER. No. 252,437. Patented Jan. 17,1882.l

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUSTINE V. DCOSTA, OF MATANZAS, CUBA.

CIGARETTE-PAPER.

.SPECIFICATION forming part of `Letters PatentNo. 252,437, dated'J'anuary 1'?, ,[852.-

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To all whom it may concern -Be ift-.known that I, AUGUSTINE V. DCOSTA, a subject ofGreat Britain, residin gat Matanzas, Cuba, have invented certain new Vand useful Improvements in Cigarette-Papers; and I. do

. and to letters or gures of reference markedA Figure l of the drawings is a perspective view of cigarette-papers constructed in accordance with my invention and bound in book form, and Fig 2 is a detached view of one of the sheets of paper.

The present invention has relation to certain new and useful improvements in cigarettepapers for making cigarettes; and it consists in providing one edge of such paper with a material or composition capable of igniting by friction, so that when the cigarette is rolled and made it may be readily lighted by rubbing it over a frictional surface, as hereinafter Inore fully desccribed.

1n the accompanying drawings, A represents the cigarette-paper of the usual rectangular form, having applied to one of its short edges anignitable material, a.

rIhe composition may be applied by a brush or by suitable machinery adapted for the purpose, and is preferably in a liquid or soft state` when so applied. It is preferred that a composition be employed analogous to that used in what are denominated safety-ntiatchesj7 or,

to more fully explain, what I consider as preferable is a composition which Willignite by friction only when rubbed on a surface especially prepared for the purpose, so that there will be no `danger from the accidental ignition of the composition while the `papers are being carried in the pocket. For convenience of carrying these papers A, thus prepared., th ey are bound in book form, as shown at B, similar to the books of cigarette-papers in common use. This book B has upon one of its sides a composition tablet, b, having a t'rictional surface,

so that after one of the. papers A has been torn from the book and rolled up with tobacco into a cigarette, by rubbing the prepared end thereof over the tablet b it will quiclgly and" effectually ignite the end of theI cigarette.

The composition that I prefer using or appl y! ing to the` edge o f the papi-r consists of the following ingredients: chlorate of potassium, one ounce; sulphuret of black antimony, one-half ounce; finely-powdered glass, about one-quarterof an ounce, with suicie'nt glue or other suitable viscous or glutinous substance to form the Whole into a thin paste.

The tablet b, I cover with a composition consisting of phospho-rus amorph, one ounce, and sulphuret of black antimony, one-,sixteenth of an ounce, Wjth sufficient glue to makeitinto a thin paste, `when it may beV put on the sur- :face of the tablet with a brush or other suitable means, and, if desired, a small quantity of powdered glass may be added.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is 

